SACD 2 channel vs Hybrid SACD


It appears that there are many original SACD players that will not decode the more recent Hybrid SACDs. It seems that almost if not all of the newest titles over the past 6 months are being offered only in hybrid SACD format. Is there any advantage to keeping a player that will only decode 2 channel SACD, that is, will these hybrid SACDs still sound better than Redbook CDs even though they are not being utilized to their full potential? Any knowledge of any outboard Hybrid SACD processors available?
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Your Arcam cannot read the SACD layer of the discs you mention, but they are hybrid discs, with a CD layer as well as an SACD layer--you're hearing the CD layer. I think the big difference between the old and new redbook discs is that the new Dylan discs were remastered much better than before. I didn't know that the Dylan CD layer was HDCD encoded, but there are apparently a number of such discs that are HDCD but not labeled as such, so maybe this was one of them. HDCD is still alive (Reference Recordings is its biggest proponent, but other labels use it too), just hadn't heard of Sony using it till now!
Chris all the CD layers on the Dylan reissues are remastered.
Strange quirk with the Arcam/HDCD I would guess there is something on the sampler disc which causes the HDCD chip to think it is a HDCD-I doubt very much it is indeed a HDCD disc as well as a SACD.
For what it's worth like the Stones reissues I don't think the SACD layer on the Dylan discs sound that different from the CD layer-I haven't listened to them all in detail but I stand by my previous impression on hybrid discs that they are pretty much self-defeating because of this.